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PUBLIC LAW 85-857-SEPT. 2, 1958

[72 STAT.

authority in the Army of the United States, shall not be deemed to have been active military, naval, or air service for the purposes of any law of the United States conferring rights, privileges, or benefits upon any person by reason of the service of such person or the service of any other person in the Armed Forces, except benefits under— (1) contracts of National Service Life Insurance entered into before Februar;^ 18, 1946; 56 Stat. 143. (2) the Mlssing Pei^ons Act: and loui note. (3) chapters 11, 13 (except section 412), and 23 of this title. Payments under such chapters shall be made at the rate of one peso for each dollar otherwise authorized, and where annual income is a factor in entitlements to benefits, the dollar limitations in the law specifying such annual income shall apply at the rate of one Philippine peso for each dollar. Any payments made before February 18, 1946, to any such member under such laws conferring rights, benefits, or privileges shall not be deemed to have been invalid by reason of the circumstance that his service was not service in the Armed Forces or any component thereof within the meaning of any such law. (b) Service in the Philippine Scouts under section 14 of the Armed 59 Stat. 543. Forces Voluntary Recruitment Act of 1945 shall not be deemed to have been active military, naval, or air service for the purposes of any of the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration except— (1) with respect to contracts of National Service Life Insurance entered into (A) before May 27, 1946, (B) under section 620 38 us^c'sll' 822. ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, or (C) under section 722 of this title; and (2) chapters 11 and 13 (except section 412) of this title. Payments under such chapters shall be made at the rate of one peso for each dollar otherwise authorized, and where annual income is a factor in entitlement to benefits, the dollar limitations in the law specifying such annual income shall apply at the rate of one Philippine peso for each dollar. § 108. Seven-year absence presumption of death (a) No State law providing for presumption of death shall be applicable to claims for benefits under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. (b) If evidence satisfactory to the Administrator is submitted establishing the continued and unexplained absence of any individual from his home and family for seven or more years, and establishing that after diligent search no evidence of his existence after the date of disappearance has been found or received, the death of such individual as of the date of the expiration of such period shall be considered as sufficiently proved. (c) Except in a suit brought pursuant to section 784 of this title, the finding of death made by the Administrator shall be final and conclusive. § 109. Benefits for discharged members of allied forces (a)(1) In consideration of reciprocal services extended to the United States, the Administrator, upon request of the proper officials of the government of any nation allied or associated with the United States in World War I (except any nation which was an enemy of the United States during World War II), or in World War II, may furnish to discharged members of the armed forces of such government, under agreements requiring reimbursement in cash of expenses so incurred, at such rates and under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe, medical, surgical, and dental treatment, hospital care, transportation and traveling expenses, prosthetic appliances, education, training, or similar benefits authorized by the laws of such

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